We all are estranged to life
in ways far beyond ourselves,
no matter the persistence with which we wonder
it never forgives us for simply being.
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A great poem with a great question, is death the end or is there something else waiting for us, could be a parallel universe where we start where we left off so we don't even know we are dead.
indeed, smoky, how can we, finite as we are, encompass all that life is? lines in this poem remind me of my heart song which begins, my eye must take second place. maybe you'll like it. -glen